Between likeness and semblance. The reflection on the image and the capture of the sophist in Plato's Sophist

In Plato's dialogue the Sophist, the subject of the image holds a central place. In fact, the sophist can be captured by the interlocutors in so far as this sophist - he himself a skilled image maker - is caught in one of the kinds of images. In order to do this, several spoken images are dealt with in the dialogue. These images must be understood according to the dialogue's own statements on fie image. In this way, the outcome of the dialogue can be achieved only through its reflection on itself in the realm of the image.